
Neurodegenerative Disease Advance: Study Details How Brain Enzyme Interacts With Drug-Like Lead Compound for Huntington's
A significant breakthrough
has been made towards
developing an effective
treatment for
neurodegenerative diseases
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New Structural Insight Into Neurodegenerative Disease
Scientists have released new
results on the structure and
molecular details of the
neurodegenerative
disease-associated protein
Ataxin-1. Mutations in
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Promising Therapy Developed for Huntington's Disease
There's new hope in the
fight against Huntington's
disease. Scientists have
helped design a compound
that suppresses symptoms of
the devastating disease in
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Toxic Protein Build-Up in Blood Shines Light on Fatal Brain Disease
A new light-based technique
for measuring levels of the
toxic protein that causes
Huntington's disease (HD)
has been used to demonstrate
that the protein builds up
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Melatonin Delays ALS Symptom Onset and Death in Mice
April 25, 2013 Melatonin injections delayed symptom onset and reduced mortality in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new ... > full story -
Controlling Element of Huntington's Disease Discovered: Molecular Troika Regulates Production of Harmful Protein
February 26, 2013 A three molecule complex may be a target for treating Huntington's disease, a genetic disorder affecting the ... > full story -
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Cell Loss in the Brain Relates to Variations in Individual Symptoms in Huntington’s Disease
January 7, 2013 Scientists have wrestled to understand why Huntington's disease, which is caused by a single gene mutation, can produce such variable symptoms. An authoritative review by a group of leading experts ... > full story -
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New Understanding of Cellular Activity Can Lead to Future Strategies for Dealing With Neurodegenerative Diseases
December 6, 2012 A new understanding of what takes place on the cellular level during the development of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS and Huntington’s diseases, ... > full story -
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Chemical 'Switches' for Neurodegenerative Diseases Discovered
November 27, 2012 Researchers have identified and “switched off” a chemical chain that causes neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia. The ... > full story -
Pathology of Huntington's Disease Identified
October 17, 2012 A new study provides novel insight into the impact that Huntington's disease has on the ... > full story -
Zinc Fingers: A New Tool in the Fight Against Huntington's Disease
October 10, 2012 Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited genetic disorder caused by the multiple repetition of a DNA sequence (the nucleotides CAG) in the gene encoding a protein called "Huntingtin". People who do ... > full story -
Huntington’s Gene Mutation Carriers Learn Faster
September 14, 2012 People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington's disease learn faster than healthy people. The more pronounced the mutation was, the more quickly they ... > full story -
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Two Proteins Offer a 'Clearer' Way to Treat Huntington’s Disease
July 11, 2012 Researchers have identified two key regulatory proteins critical to clearing away misfolded proteins that accumulate and cause the progressive, deadly neurodegeneration of Huntington’s disease ... > full story -
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Novel Mechanism and Potential Link Responsible for Huntington's Disease
July 2, 2012 Using an in vitro cell model of Huntington’s disease (HD), researchers have discovered a novel mechanism and potential link between mutant huntingtin, cell loss and cell death or apoptosis in ... > full story
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